IMPRESSIONS GAMES™ AND SIERRA STUDIOS™ ANNOUNCE ZEUS™: MASTER OF OLYMPUS™
Ancient Civilizations Trilogy Complete

April 21, 2000 (Cambridge, MA) - Impressions Games™ and Sierra Studios™ today announced the sixth game in their series of successful city building strategy games, Zeus™: Master of Olympus™. Set in ancient Greece, the youngest classical civilization portrayed in the series, Zeus serves up a world filled with heroes, gods, and other mythological creatures. With tasks that can be completed in less than an hour, Zeus promises to be quick to learn and the most fun city building game yet.

Zeus is a game of politics and trade, gods and heroes, immersing the player into the mythology and daily life of ancient Greece. Players will build legendary city-states like Athens and Sparta and guide their evolution by building colonies, invading or trading with neighbors, attracting heroes to rid the countryside of monsters, or even calling on the gods themselves to help keep the mortals in check.

"Zeus: Master of Olympus is designed to be fun for strategy gamers of all levels," said Chris Beatrice, director of design and development at Impressions Games. "Most goals can be completed in under an hour, and players have a lot of choice about how to develop their city-state. Even people who don't normally play computer games should get a big kick out of this."

"Gamers have really embraced the City Building Series to make it a great success - Caesar 3™ and Pharaoh™ have sold over one-million copies combined," said Jim Veevaert, vice-president of marketing for Sierra Studios. "With Zeus, and its quick-to-learn gameplay and humor, we are projecting another big success."

Impressions Games is a leading developer of strategy and war games with offices in Cambridge, MA. Impressions Games has created some of the most innovative, best-selling titles in the interactive entertainment industry, including the Lords of the Realm™ series, Lords of Magic™, the Caesar™ city building series, Pharaoh™, Robert E. Lee: Civil War General™ and Civil War Generals 2: Grant, Lee, Sherman™. More information can be found at http://www.impressionsgames.com.

Sierra On-Line, Inc. http://www.sierra.com/ is one of the original developers and largest worldwide publishers of interactive entertainment and productivity software. Sierra is a division of Havas Interactive, a global leader in interactive content, and is one of the world's largest publishers of education, entertainment and home productivity software. Its divisions, Blizzard^®, Coktel, Knowledge Adventure^®, Sierra™ and WON.net^® are famous for releasing critically acclaimed and award winning titles. Havas has operations in the US and in Europe and is a subsidiary of the French publishing house Havas, part of Vivendi Communications.